Sunday, November 21, 2004

DVD Review: Body Language Live

Where there's an album, there's a DVD...

Presentation: B The disc is in a normal DVD case with a booklet with black and white photos from the concert and some credits. My only real beef with this is that they could have written a little backstory on this concert. I believe this concert is the "Money Can't Buy" concert performed on November 15, 2003, two days before the album was released in the UK.

Audio & Video: B+ With 5.1 Dolby Surround, Stereo, and 5.1 DTS, you can bet that Kylie's voice never sounded better. The concert is presented in widescreen. The picture's pretty clean and sharp, slightly better than the "Live in Sydney" DVD.

Content: B Since this concert is to celebrate the album launch of Body Language at the London Apollo, it shouldn't surprise you that seven of the thirteen songs are from Body Language. Most of the other songs are from the albums, Light Years and Fever.

The concert’s split into four different sections (and different outfits) and the concert’s only about an hour long. It has Kylie singing in front of a large screen with some dancers who I tend to ignore. It’s rather modest compared to some of her other concerts, I’m sure, but I prefer my concerts without a whole lot of bells and whistles.

Extras: A Let’s see, there’s a seventeen minute “documentary,” that talks about the new album, filming the “Slow” music video, and the preparation of the concert. There’s multi-angles of two of the songs, which shows you the images on the large screen.

There’s also the three music videos from Body Language as well as a photo gallery and DVD ROM material that includes: four wallpapers, screensavers, and a weblink.

Overall: A This is my favorite “live” Kylie DVD. But part of that is because I really like Body Language. Other Kylie fans may want to purchase one of the other DVDs for a more diverse listing of songs. Another reason was because I got my copy under 15 dollars, well worth the price.

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